[address-policy-wg] 2006-02 Last Call for Comments (IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy)

Hi,

On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 06:35:20PM -0400, Leo Vegoda wrote:
> However the IPv6 allocation policy is revised, it needs to work well  
> with a PI assignment policy. If the only criterion for receiving a / 
> 32 IPv6 allocation is that you become a RIPE NCC member then you  
> create a situation where networks wanting PI space must demonstrate a  
> need for anything more than a /48 but anyone willing to pay ?3300 can  
> get thousands of times as much space without needing to show any need.

Indeed.  But given the past 7 years of history, we can't seem to come
to a rule set that is more complex than "be LIR, ask for it" that people
will agree upon.

In IPv4 land, we had entry barriers for LIR allocations for a while, and
that didn't work, so we're back to "be LIR, ask for it, get PA space" -
and that model seems to work quite well.

> One of the goals for IPv6 address space management is:
> 
>    3.6. Fairness
> 
>    All policies and practices relating to the use of public address  
> space
>    should apply fairly and equitably to all existing and potential  
> members
>    of the Internet community, regardless of their location,  
> nationality,
>    size, or any other factor.
> 
> I am not sure that this goal can be met if the only barrier to a  
> block 65,636 times as large as a /48 PI assignment is an annual  
> payment to the RIPE NCC. 

One of the differences is a different tag on the address block ("this is for
me only" vs. "this is for me and my customers") - PI vs. PA.

OTOH, I can't really understand this excitement about the size of the
address block.  A /48 is large enough for all but the biggest "end user"
networks - and a /32 is still fairly small regarding the total amount of
/32s in FP 001.  If the numbers are so huge, people should really stop
worrying about "this guy got a bigger one than I did!!!".

Thus I'm not worrying very much about bit haggling (this is IPv6, not
IPv4), but about

 - general availability of IPv6 (-> make PA space *easy* to get)

 - pressure on the routing system (-> *one* prefix per LIR, if at all 
   possible, and some incentive to not use PI for "normal end sites")

Gert Doering
        -- APWG chair
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